"Textile consumption in Europe has the fourth biggest impact on the environment and climate change - after food, housing and mobility, according to a new report. Entitled 'Textiles and the Environment ...
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"Let’s discover five apps that are useful both to us and to the planet, to buy sustainably without giving up anything. Renoon The Revolution Map Flowe Good On You Depop." ...
"Luxury brands like Louis Vuitton and Hermès are trading traditional leather with animal-friendly alternatives, and what these new hides are made of might surprise you. Not since the Space Race has fa ...
"Is Puma ethical? Sportswear giant Puma may be improving its sustainability targets in recent years, but it still has work to do across the board to achieve a higher rating. NOTE: This brand’s rating ...
"Hundreds of employees staged a walkout on Thursday, Feb. 10, protesting low wages and schedule changes, according to Le Monde, the French daily." ...
"This year will serve as a litmus test for consumers and employees alike to separate the companies that view diversity as a long-term project and those that are just checking boxes. ...
"Now that speed and greed have deflated and devalued the significance of fashion and textiles, the world needs a complete overhaul of its educational systems in design. The current costs of overproduc ...
"UPCYBOM is a solution to promote upcycling in the textile industry by connecting brands directly to factories. UPCYBOM started its journey in Bangladesh last year. Recently Team Textile Focus met Ghi ...
"Two workers were killed in a boiler explosion in a dyeing factory Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Saturday, police said. The incident took place at Jai Baba Industries in the Sikandrabad Industrial Ar ...
"In anticipation of New York Fashion Week, lawmakers remind us that this season’s haute couture is not the only thing heating up right now. After years of global warming and environmental, social and ...
"Sustainability insights platform Higg has released new social and labour performance benchmarks for consumer goods manufacturing.. Higg says it is the first to offer complete performance measurement ...
"Although it is put under control, the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit all aspects of the social life, seriously affecting businesses and people. The labour market is facing a risk of cri ...
"Health-care workers and others who are exposed on the job to formaldehyde, even in low amounts, face a 17 percent increased likelihood of developing memory and thinking problems later on, according t ...
"Emphasising that the major source of environmental pollution from textile industry is the huge amount of wastewater discharged with high chemical load, the Gujarat High Court has stressed the signifi ...
"LC Waikiki workers are calling for unity against low price hikes and hikes in basic consumer goods. [...] "Electricity, water and natural gas bills have gone up 2-3 times since December. Moreover, af ...
"Professor Ayhan Kaya evaluates: Instead of reflecting the responsibility on vulnerable people, the society should direct it to politics; that is, the government and the opposition that bring this pro ...
"A garment and multi-storey residential building has been disconnected in Titas' campaign against illegal gas connections in the capital's Mirpur. At the same time financial fines and lawsuits have be ...
"For the third day in a row, 200 female employees of the Samanoud Company continued their sit-in in the garment factory, protesting the non-payment of end-of-service benefits that was in agreement the ...
"The European Union calls on Greece to help refugees by creating more opportunities for their integration into society. But the refugee situation has not improved and is even getting more difficult. O ...
"Nanollose is on the cusp of a transformative year, with its revolutionary technology that converts fermented waste into environmentally friendly fibres for the fashion textile industry. Australian-ba ...